APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Data security and privacy for data containing sensitive information, such as data containing personally-identifying information, proprietary information, and/or other regulated or sensitive data sources: personal health information, such as health records financial information Secure data storage, e.g., cloud service … [Read more...] about Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for Higher Security Data Processing with Improved Performance and Usability 2019-034
Computing Sciences
Optimized, Energy Efficient Prefetcher Hardware Architecture 2018-061
APPLICATIONS: High performance computing, e.g., image processing, climate modeling, physics simulation, gaming, facial recognition Consumer electronics Mobile devices BACKGROUND: Technology improvements in combination with power and clock frequency constraints have propelled greater parallelism in order to continue to accelerate growth in computer performance. … [Read more...] about Optimized, Energy Efficient Prefetcher Hardware Architecture 2018-061
Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid 2017-111
APPLICATIONS: Power system maintenance Grid reliability monitoring ADVANTAGES: More effectively addresses signal background noise More accurately locates potential transformer failures ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a technology to locate the position of partial discharge events in the power grid based on the information from a … [Read more...] about Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid 2017-111
Identifying Computational Operations Based on Power Measurements 2016-053
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Signals intelligence for computers, including supercomputers Misuse identification of computing systems Relevant to large, power-consuming data centers, i.e., Amazon, Google, IBM, etc. ADVANTAGES: Non-invasive monitoring with low risk of detection ABSTRACT: Berkeley Lab researchers Sean Peisert and Charles McParland have … [Read more...] about Identifying Computational Operations Based on Power Measurements 2016-053
Continuous Active-Source Seismic Monitoring (CASSM) 2013-161
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Continuous crosswell seismic monitoring of Oil and gas reservoirs Aquifers for CO2 sequestration Monitoring stress changes near earthquake faults Monitoring hydraulic fracturing and enhanced oil recovery ADVANTAGES: Aids in optimizing oil recovery by providing real time and continuous data on reservoir dynamics Enables … [Read more...] about Continuous Active-Source Seismic Monitoring (CASSM) 2013-161